Hearing impairment is the most common sensory disorder, with congenital hearing impairment present in approximately 1 in 1,000 newborns1. Hereditary deafness is often mediated by the improper development or degeneration of cochlear hair cells2. Until now, it was not known whether such congenital failures could be mitigated by therapeutic intervention3–5. Here we show that hearing and vestibular...

background: reading is known as one of the most important learning tools. research results consistently have shown that even a mild hearing impairment could affect the reading skills. due to the reported differences in reading comprehension skills between hearing impaired students and their normal hearing peers, this research was conducted to compare the differences between the two groups. the ...

 Abstract  Background: Low birth weight neonates are confronted with some problems after  birth, they should be followed up and evaluated at different ages of life.The aim of this study was to determine the impact of birth weight on the risk of sensorineural hearing impairment on children.  Method: This cross sectional and retrospective study determined the prevalence  of hearing problems in lo...

abstract  background: low birth weight neonates are confronted with some problems after  birth, they should be followed up and evaluated at different ages of life.the aim of this study was to determine the impact of birth weight on the risk of sensorineural hearing impairment on children.  method: this cross sectional and retrospective study determined the prevalence  of hearing problems in low...

objective(s) despite the enormous heterogeneity of genetic hearing loss, most non-syndromic hearing losses are caused by mutations in the gjb2 gene. we aimed to characterize the mutation profiles of 100 iranian deaf patients that were under 10 years old. materials and methods patients were tested with direct sequencing of entire coding region of the gjb2 gene. results eight known mutations plus...

  Abstract   Background : Noise is the most common hazard in the workplace and noise induced   hearing loss considered to be the most common occupational disease as well.   Cigarette smoking, in some studies, has been known to induce hearing loss. The purpose   of this study was to evaluate the effect of contemporary exposure to occupational   noise and cigarette smoking on hearing.   Methods :...

background : sensory impairment is a common condition that exerts negative effects on health-related quality of life (hrqol) in the elderly. this study aimed to determine the relationship between sensory impairment and hrqol and identify sensory-specific differences in the hrqol of elderly. methods : this study used data from the korean national health and nutrition examination survey v (2010-2...

Background: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is the leading cause of non-hereditary sensorineural hearing loss in children. While about 10% children reportedly display symptoms at birth, 85–90% cCMV cases are asymptomatic. However, 10–15% these asymptomatic infants may later develop hearing, visual, or neurodevelopmental impairments. This study aimed to evaluate impact on newborns’ f...

Alport syndrome (AS) is a hereditary disease that causes hearing impairment, kidney failure, and ocular abnor­malities. Because AS rare disease, it might remain undetected, meaning impacted individuals their kin have low chances of being screened receiving timely genetic counseling. Also, diagnosing requires high expertise complex technology, which are expensive for most patients. These limitat...